Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 OCT 1969 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A4-147 |
| C/n / msn: | 147 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tapini Airport (TPI) (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Tapini Airport (TPI), Papua New Guinea |
Crashed short of the runway.
Sources:
» DeHavilland Caribou Roster
» The Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 7, 1968
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
